Celebrity

Solo fans of BTS members discuss the group’s individual popularity ranking based on Instagram followers

Although all 7 members of BTS have impressive follower counts on Instagram and the gap between them is not big, it seems that competition still exists between their solo fans. 

As of 9AM KST on December 9, all 7 members of  BTS exceeded 20 million followers on their personal Instagram accounts in less than 3 days. This is an admirable achievement that certainly not every idol group can get, once again proving BTS’s solid impact and media coverage globally.

Although the gap between the number of followers of BTS members is not big and is enough to show how evenly popular BTS is, surprisingly, small differences can still spark controversy when solo fans and akgaes think that Instagram followers reflect the group’s individual popularity ranking. This means that according to the current follower counts, V is the most popular member of BTS, followed by Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, Suga, RM and finally J-Hope.

This discussion has received objections from many Korean netizens because the above ranking is somewhat different from the male idol brand reputation rankings that are published regularly every month (where Jimin has been 1st place for 35 months in a row, as of November 2021). Some netizens also bring up the case of 2 other top K-pop groups, EXO and BLACKPINK, to argue that Instagram followers do not always accurately reflect the popularity ranking of members in a group. 

  • “Even the member at last place has over 20 million followers, so this ranking doesn’t mean anything”
  • “If you follow the logic of “followers = popularity rank”, is Chanyeol the most popular in EXO and Lisa the most popular in BLACKPINK then????????
  • “Isn’t Jungkook more popular in real life?”
  • “V and Jungkook only have a lot of akgaes, it’s still a long way for them to top the brand reputation rankings”
    • “Only Jimin’s fans care about the brand value rankings. Gatekeep that No.1 for the rest of your life ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
    • “Brand reputation ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Rumor has it that no criteria in determining that ranking is actually verified”
  • “If this is the logic then is Lisa the most popular member in BLACKPINK? ㅋㅋ So funny”
  • “In terms of brand value, Jimin is the most popular”
  • “Based on this logic, EXO Chanyeol and BLACKPINK Lisa are the most popular in their groups? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Of course Lisa’s case is also thanks to her popularity in Southeast Asia, but there’s no such thing as followers reflect the popularity ranking ㅋㅋㅋ”
  • “Not only does V a strong individual fandom, but he’s also a non-fan’s pick so it’s not surprising that he has the most followers”
  • “I don’t understand why akgaes have to argue about things like this when all 7 of them have over 20 million followers… Is being #1 in terms of followers that important?  ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
  • “But this ranking is correct. If you look at the sales of goods or the number of fansites, V and Jungkook always take turns taking the lead ㅋㅋㅋ”

Do you think Instagram followers reflect the popularity ranking of BTS ?

Source
tinnhac
Back to top button